First auto-x of the year for me...

[e1_griego]

Went really well :)

Spent last week doing final prep things--putting in a battery tie down ($3.99 autozone special), extra roll on the fenders in the back, 4lb hammer roll for the front.

I'm no good at it, but I have fun. Weather was awful for the morning session; sleet, snow, cold, wind, cold, cold. It warmed up a bit for the afternoon. I ran the first afternoon session; the 2nd session was quicker still. I improved on every run (of 4) so that made me happy, and all my runs were clean :D. Results won't be posted for another week or so, which is lame.

Anyways, my friend got some pics:

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Alex

[Your Mom]

Looks slow. hahaha

man i wish these weren't on sundays. i'd hit them up too. glad to see you do something useful with that thing.

[e1_griego]

You're so mean :(

And I beat Jesse!! By like .1 or .2 (at least I think so--i'll know more once the results are posted).

Alex

[Your Mom]

that would be worth everything. those tires help thou compared to jesse's

you'd probably beat me too. too much turbo lag for autox.

[veilside180sx]

Congrats Alex, looks like you had a good time=)

[vw_nissan]

Car looks clean....sucks that it looks like you guys are limited by the curbs in the lot. I will never feel comfortable going all out with these curbs around.

[BigOdom1]

i was gonna say thats a scary lot.

turbo lag sucks for autox

[e1_griego]

One guy in a mk2 mr2 locked up (in sort of a weird spot) and slid into one of the curbs head on ... popped a tire and we heard his bumper hit, but there didn't appear to be damage. There was one semi-fast straight (mid-high 2nd gear) that required a transition through concrete islands---with a giant bump right about where my car hit full boost lolol. Fun times!!

Alex

[90kacoupe]

that looks like such a slow course.. but looks fun.. what gear where u in most of that course. our local events are pretty fast paced. this past sunday i was pegging 2nd gear a lot and we had a 3rd gear slolum. but a course like that would really help me with my throttle control problem..

[e1_griego]

1st gear through the 1st little bit of the course, then shifting to 2nd and staying there. I know my friend jesse in his sr'd coupe was shifting back into 1st, which a lot of people were doing, but my tranny is already making lots of awful noises, so I didn't want to stuff it back into 1st.

It is a slower course, though, for sure.

Next event is MUCH bigger, I was getting to the top of 2nd last year n/a.

Alex

[2Fass240us]

It's weird seeing a white hatch like mine autocrossing, that doesn't sit rally-style (like mine).

Good stuff.